Chris Gayle smashes T20 records in BPL 2017 final

Dhaka, Dec 12 (CRICKETNMORE) - West Indies star Chris Gayle toppled several records on his way to a match winning performance for Rangpur Riders in the final of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) cricket tournament here on Tuesday. Gayle smashed

Gayle, who hit five boundaries during his innings, also became the first batsman to cross the milestone of 11,000 runs in T20 cricket. Veteran New Zealand star Brendon McCullum is next on the list with 8,526 runs in 309 T20 matches.

Gayle also posted the highest individual score in a final of a T20 league and is the only batsman to post 20 centuries in the shortest format of the game. 

Gayle's power-packed hitting saw the visitors posting 206/1 in their 20 overs before restricting Dhaka to 149/9.

Gayle did get a lucky break while on 22 as he was dropped at extra cover by Dhaka captain Shakib al Hasan in the third ball of the sixth over. 

Gayle had miscued an attempted drive off the bowling of off-spinner Mosaddek Hossain only to see the ball balloon to extra cover. He immediately made Shakib regret his error by hitting the very next ball for a six over the long-on fence.